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Skinners' Kent Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Sandown Park, Tunbridge Wells TN2 4PY · skinnerskentacademy.org.uk · 01892 534377

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected May 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
38.4
average Attainment 8 score. Kent 46.7, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,017
88% of 1,150 places
Local authority
Kent
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
30.1%
First language not English
9.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Skinners' Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 166 families put the school first and 173 places were offered; 84% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 176 (Places 177)176September 2023: 208 (Places 176)208September 2024: 169 (Places 177)169September 2025: 168 (Places 175)168September 2026: 166 (Places 173)166Places 173
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026173166184%
September 2025Sept 2025175168187%
September 2024Sept 2024177169196%
September 2023Sept 20231762081.2▲76%
September 2022Sept 2022177176178%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.4, and 25% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kent it was 46.7, and across England 46.

In 2016/17 the average A level result was grade C- (25.3 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 39.8 (England 46.3)39.82017/18: 47.3 (England 46.5)47.32018/19: 44.3 (England 46.7)44.32021/22: 44.7 (England 48.8)44.72022/23: 39.5 (England 46.3)39.52023/24: 44.8 (England 45.9)44.82024/25: 38.4 (England 46.0)38.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼38.446.0
▼25.0%45.4%
▼50.6%64.8%
▲87.5%40.5%
▼3.594.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form52.6+6.8
Further education32.5−0.8
Other education0.5−1.2
Apprenticeship3.6−0.4
Employment1−5.2
Not in a lasting destination6.2−0.6
Activity not captured3.6+1.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

All academic average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 24.8 (England 30.6)D+2016/17: 25.9 (England 31.3)C-2018/19: 31.4 (England 33.0)C2021/22: 31.3 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 29.8 (England 34.3)C2023/24: 31.3 (England 34.5)C2024/25: 30.6 (England 35.1)CEngland 35.1
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
55 studentsC (30.6)Above average +0.27
55 studentsDist- (31.1)Average +0.05
96.6%finished their course
Earlier years: All academicStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2472C (31.3)+0.19
2022/2362C (29.8)—
2021/2269C (31.3)—
2018/1930C (31.4)+0.14
2017/185—-0.13
2016/1719C- (25.9)-0.07
2015/1617D+ (24.8)+0.04

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University34.7−0.8
Further education4+2.7
Apprenticeship2.7+0.1
Employment40−2.1
Not in a lasting destination12−1.2
Activity not captured6.7+1.4

Ofsted

Skinners' Kent Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
10 May 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Feb 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2016Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Mar 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

What parents said

87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (116 replies, to 1 April 2024).

Recommend
87%
Replies
116
11% · 1 Apr 2024
Child is happy at school●88% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●91% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●86% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲88% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well●85% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼76% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development●81% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲88% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲68% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 40% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲74% agreeEngland 67%

based on 39 parents (34%) with SEND

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